Comedy
Q: How many surrealists does it take to change a light bulb? A: The fish. Much like that joke, comedy comes down to personal taste and what one finds funny or not. Some like their humour light and frothy and very generalised, while others like it to have an edge and go for a more twisted, darker humour. The motherlode of this genre can be scrolled below. Either way, we're sure there will be something for everybody in the subsections on the left.
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Rockabilly Vampire (2001)
4.7/10
Director: Lee Bennett Sobel
Starring: Stephen Blackeheart, Margaret Lancaster, Paul Stevenson, Valentine Miele, Wendy...
A low-rent horror spoof from the Troma team about Iris, a woman whose life is going downhill - she hates her job, her landlord is on her case and the... Read more
Rockers (1977)
7.7/10
Director: Theodoros Bafaloukos
Starring: Leroy Wallace, Richard Hall, Monica Craig
A funky drama/comedy about a Rastafarian drummer's efforts to earn money and crack the music establishment in 1970s Kingston. Superior reggae score fe... Read more
Rocket Science (2007)
6.7/10
Director: Jeffrey Blitz
Starring: Nicholas D'Agosto, Reece Thompson, Denis O'Hare, Margo Martindale, Anna Kendrick
'Rocket Science' follows the life of fifteen year-old Hal, an awkward kid with a stutter who wants to rise from obscurity and become an unlikely hero... Read more
Rocketman (1997)
5.9/10
Director: Stuart Gillard
Starring: Beau Bridges, Jessica Lundy, William Sadler, Harland Williams, Jeffrey DeMunn, J...
Geeky, accident-prone Fred Z. Randall (Harland Williams) is realising a dream. He's designed a spacecraft that can take a crew to Mars, and he's goin... Read more
Rockets Galore (1957)
Director: Michael Relph
Starring: Jeannie Carson, Donald Sinden, Roland Culver, Noel Purcell, Ian Hunter, Gordon J...
This slightly underwhelming sequel to the excellent 'Whisky Galore' sees the locals of Todday island again at odds with the mainlanders as the British... Read more
RocknRolla (2008)
7.3/10
Director: Guy Ritchie
Starring: Gerard Butler, Tom Wilkinson, Thandie Newton, Mark Strong, Idris Elba, Tom Hardy...
Guy Ritchie returns to form with this cockney crime caper starring Tom Wilkinson as Lenny, a bungling London crime boss, and Gerard Butler as indie th... Read more
RocknRolla ( Blu-ray ) (2008)
7.3/10
Director: Guy Ritchie
Starring: Jeremy Piven, Mark Strong, Thandie Newton, Tom Wilkinson, Gerard Butler, Tom Har...
Guy Ritchie returns to form with this cockney crime caper starring Tom Wilkinson as Lenny, a bungling London crime boss, and Gerard Butler as indie th... Read more
Rodney Dangerfield - No Respect (1989)
Director: Various
Starring: Rodney Dangerfield, Tim Allen, Roseanne Barr, Bob Nelson, Jeff Altman, etc ...,...
The ultimate Rodney Dangerfield collection, this set contains 3 discs of the comic's hilarious stand-up along with 3 ABC specials 'It's Not Easy Bein'... Read more
Roger Dodger (2002)
7/10
Director: Dylan Kidd
Starring: Campbell Scott, Jennifer Beals, Elizabeth Berkley, Jesse Eisenberg, Isabella Ros...
Set in Manhattan, 'Roger Dodger' takes a comedic look at the male ego and the art of manipulating women. Campbell Scott stars as Roger, a sharpwitted... Read more
Role Models (2009)
6.9/10
Director: David Wain
Starring: Paul Rudd, Seann William Scott, Jane Lynch, Elizabeth Banks, Christopher Mintz-P...
Paul Rudd and Seann William Scott star as two salesmen sentenced to community service at a big-brother mentorship centre. The pair of boys-in-men's cl... Read more